Bookings are now open for the David Starkey lecture on 11 June. The event, which is hosted by CCHT, is entitled "The Magna Carta 800 Years On", and will take place at the Rheged Centre, near Penrith at 7pm on Thursday 11 June, followed by a buffet supper. Tickets, price £25 (lecture and supper)

We are pleased to announce that David Starkey has agreed to give a lecture on Magna Carta to CCHT members and visitors at Rheged, nr Penrith, on 11 June 2015. The lecture will be at 7.30pm, and will be priced at £25. Further details in due course (bookings will be via Rheged)

History Department and School of Law at Lancaster University are jointly hosting the 2015 Iredell Lecture on 6 May. The topic is ‘Magna Carta and the Victorians’ and the guest speaker is Professor Miles Taylor from York University.

CCHT will be at this year's Campus in the City event on Wednesday 4th March in Lancaster. Organised by the Regional Heritage Centre, the event is designed to showcase the work of heritage organisations in the north west.

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Barrow Town Hall will be hosting the 'Love Barrow Heritage' event on Tuesday 10th June, 2-6pm. VCH Cumbria and the Regional Heitage Centre at Lancaster University will be represented. So please come along to have a look!

From 17 July to 2 September, there will be an exhibition at Rheged, nr Penrith, featuring work of schools which have participated in 'Memorial', the project led by CCHT and CWAAS, in association with the Lieutenancy of Cumbria, aimed at encouraging primary schools to study their local WWI war mem